Conducting and analyzing statistical tests

A study wants to examine the
relationship between student anxiety for an exam and the number of hours
studied. The data is as follows.

Student Anxiety scores Study
Hours

5 1

10 6

5 2

11 8

12 5

4 1

3 4

2 6

6 5

1 2

Question

1.Why is a
correlation the most appropriate statistic?

2.What is the null
and alternate hypothesis?

3.What is the correlation
between student anxiety scores and number of study hours? Select alpha and
interpret your findings. Make sure to note whether it is significant or not and
what the effect size is.